Side-by-side economics: McCain/Palin vs. Obama/Biden
Yesterday, Donald Luskin (one of McCain's economic advisers) said the economy is really doing quite well, and anyone who says otherwise is a weak-minded pessimist: housing prices are going up, foreclosures aren't really a problem, banks are basically sound, we are no where close to being in a recession. The idea that times are difficult are purely psychological, my fellow Americans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
monty wrote:
Yesterday, Donald Luskin (one of McCain's economic advisers) said the economy is really doing quite well, and anyone who says otherwise is a weak-minded pessimist: housing prices are going up, foreclosures aren't really a problem, banks are basically sound, we are no where close to being in a recession. The idea that times are difficult are purely psychological, my fellow Americans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
I beg to differ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/busin ... ref=slogin
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/05/news/ec ... 2008090511
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/busin ... ehman.html
ToadOfSteel wrote:
monty wrote:
Yesterday, Donald Luskin (one of McCain's economic advisers) said the economy is really doing quite well, and anyone who says otherwise is a weak-minded pessimist: housing prices are going up, foreclosures aren't really a problem, banks are basically sound, we are no where close to being in a recession. The idea that times are difficult are purely psychological, my fellow Americans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
I beg to differ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/busin ... ref=slogin
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/05/news/ec ... 2008090511
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/busin ... ehman.html
I interpreted monty's remarks to be sarcastic... of course I could be wrong.
ed wrote:
ToadOfSteel wrote:
monty wrote:
Yesterday, Donald Luskin (one of McCain's economic advisers) said the economy is really doing quite well, and anyone who says otherwise is a weak-minded pessimist: housing prices are going up, foreclosures aren't really a problem, banks are basically sound, we are no where close to being in a recession. The idea that times are difficult are purely psychological, my fellow Americans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
I beg to differ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/busin ... ref=slogin
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/05/news/ec ... 2008090511
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/busin ... ehman.html
I interpreted monty's remarks to be sarcastic... of course I could be wrong.
I was paraphrasing what McCain's advisor said - I don't agree with it at all. It could be construed as irony - the literal words he spoke are the opposite of what many believe to be true. But some people do believe what he said. Was I being sarcastic? Amazingly, no - although I have disbelief and contempt for what Luskin said, I was simply trying to characterize what he said. Similar to what Phil Gramm said a few months back about America being a nation of whiners when it comes to the economy ... no need to be sarcastic - just quote the man accurately.
monty wrote:
Yesterday, Donald Luskin (one of McCain's economic advisers) said the economy is really doing quite well, and anyone who says otherwise is a weak-minded pessimist: housing prices are going up, foreclosures aren't really a problem, banks are basically sound, we are no where close to being in a recession. The idea that times are difficult are purely psychological, my fellow Americans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
I call BS.
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monty wrote:
Yesterday, Donald Luskin (one of McCain's economic advisers) said the economy is really doing quite well, and anyone who says otherwise is a weak-minded pessimist: housing prices are going up, foreclosures aren't really a problem, banks are basically sound, we are no where close to being in a recession. The idea that times are difficult are purely psychological, my fellow Americans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
I call BS.
On who?
(edited - ok, I am assuming the highlighted text means you don't think banks are sound.)
monty wrote:
Orwell wrote:
monty wrote:
Yesterday, Donald Luskin (one of McCain's economic advisers) said the economy is really doing quite well, and anyone who says otherwise is a weak-minded pessimist: housing prices are going up, foreclosures aren't really a problem, banks are basically sound, we are no where close to being in a recession. The idea that times are difficult are purely psychological, my fellow Americans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02415.html
I call BS.
On who?
(edited - ok, I am assuming the highlighted text means you don't think banks are sound.)
Does Meryll Lynch ring a bell?
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Scott Adams (the guy that wrote Dilbert) spent his own coin to find out what a sampling of 500 economists think on the question of Obama vs. McCain. Here are the results:
http://www.dilbert.com/blog/entry/dilbe ... conomists/
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